Rosette for harness



(No Model.)

' A. MoMANUS.

ROSBTTE FOR HARNESS. No. 268,261. Patented Nov. 28,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALOFZO MOMANUS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

ROSETTE FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,261, dated November 28, 1882 Application filed May 17, 1882. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALONZO MCMANUS, of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rosettes for Harnesses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in harness-rosettes, in which the flattened feet of the wire loop are secured to the body of the rosette by means of wings bent over from the edge and held in place by tinning; and the objects of my improvement are to produce a strong and durable article at a small cost. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the rosette, showing its back side. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank for the body of the rosette. Fig. 3 is a side view of the loop; Fig. 4, an edge view of the body of the rosette; and Fig. 5, a side "iew of the same, showing the rear side.

The body A of the rosette may be either plain or as'ornamental as may be desired. My

invention relates only to the manner of and means for securing the loop B. to the body A. The loop is in substantially the ordinary form, with its feet a aflattened a little and curved to conform to the shape of the rear of the body at the points where they are to rest upon it.

The body A, I first cut out in disk form, with two wings, b b, projecting from its edge, as shown inFig. 2. It is then struck in dies to give it the desired concave or other ornamental form, and to partiallyturn over the wings b b, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The loop is then placed with its feet a a under the wings b b, when by means ofa suitable swaging-tool the wings are bent down firmly upon the feet, and also with their edges at the sides of the feet pressed closely against the body of the rosette, as shown in Fig. l. The wings then are soldered to the body to hold the loop firmly in place. I effect this soldering bythe ordinary tinning process, in which the Whole article is dipped in melted tin, and thereby not only the wings are soldered to the body. but the tin flows into all the crevices which surround the feet, and the loop is firmly secured in place. i

I claim as my invention- As an improved manufacture, a rosette composed ofthe bodyportien A, having edge wings Integral therewith, and a loop, B, secured to the body by means of such wings, all substantially as shown and described.

ALONZO McMAsUs.

W'itnesess H. O. NOBLE, U. H. AVERY. 

